Process

Trivers exceeded expectations in our work together, coming up with new and innovative approaches during the design phase and throughout the process. They are a resourceful, creative and solution-oriented design firm. Trivers is an excellent partner with the State.

At each phase of our projects, the Trivers team demonstrated timely, accurate, well prepared and high quality responses. They proved that they have extensive knowledge, skills and abilities in all areas related to programming, design and construction.

It’s not easy to inject creativity within a rising cost environment. With each and every meeting focused on value engineering, thought leadership on design gets pushed farther and farther down the priority list. I’m happy to say that Trivers resisted this inertia, keeping lasting design paramount while digging for change every step of the way. We couldn’t be happier with how The Euclid presents itself inside and out as a result.

One reason Trivers excelled at each phase of our projects together is their ability to work with multiple stakeholders. Trivers maintains clear communications both in verbal and graphic presentations to convey ideas.

With Trivers’ extreme attention to detail, they carefully and expertly wove the need to train new eye doctors with the purpose of providing vision care services to rural areas where none exist. Just as the mountain came down, rock by rock, so the platform to deliver health care went up floor by floor under Trivers’ careful oversight.

We let the needs of the project define the process. We listen. As we create the vision, we consider what it will take to secure it every step of the way. Throughout, we include the creativity of the entire team – staff, collaborators, and our clients.

We keep a constant vigil on the goal. It’s not about being either an idealist or a number cruncher. It’s not about aesthetics or practicality, sustainability or profitability, community or individual user. It’s about all these things. As we work together to reach higher, we find the result is always more than the sum of its parts.

Ownership Team

Joe Brinkmann, Principal

“We get that lines sketched on paper have a real impact in the world, so we think about consequence a lot. It’s more than the tangible building. It’s what the project does for the people we’re working for. It’s the ability for them to achieve their vision.”

Joel Fuoss, Principal

“If you line up the buildings Trivers has executed, they’re all very different in a positive way. All our projects are rooted in ideas and context. It’s very apparent that we’re thinking about a specific project, for a specific client, in a specific location.”